Halloween Festivities, pt. 3

The pumpkin pictures are about to be released and every time I look at them I can't help but laugh. JD's in San Fran this week/weekend and so I finished the pumpkins alone last night and after I was done, I literally sat in our apartment cracking up at them. I had everything ready for this morning, with high hopes that we would destroy the pumpkin carving competition at our apt. complex. The 1st place winner received a $50 cash card, so since I'm competitive AND I don't mind a little extra cash, I obviously wanted to participate.

The same night I made the owl pumpkin, JD carved his. He had to remove everything from the inside, and cut out fry shaped pieces of the inside of the pumpkin. I justified buying fries so that I could have something to put them in. How real do these look?!


I cut the pumpkin in half, removed the insides, and used the seeds we set aside from the other night to put on top of the "bun." I made a piece of meat out of brown felt, and then used real lettuce, tomatoes, etc. for the inside.


This was the pumpkin that JD carved out the other night. I went and bought some fabric, ripped out all the pages of a magazine, rolled them up, and glued them inside of the pumpkin. I waited to put the toppings on until the morning.


Here is the final product:



I came home today from training, only to find that we had come in second place!! What?! I can't imagine a pumpkin that would beat these. Oh well... $25 and a shot to my pride is alright I guess.